Lee De Forest

The wireless age has dawned, and with it, the end of isolation.

I laugh at those who say sound on film is impossible; they've never tried.

In my youth, I dreamed of voices traveling through air; now it's reality.

Engineering is the art of making the impossible routine.

The courtroom battles over my inventions taught me resilience.

Television will connect the world, but at what cost to privacy?

My audion was born from a eureka moment in a dimly lit lab.

Inventors are visionaries punished for seeing the future too clearly.

Sound without picture is poetry; with picture, it's theater.

I regret nothing but the delays caused by skeptics.

The electron's dance in the vacuum tube is pure magic.

Humor in engineering: why did the tube fail? It couldn't handle the gridlock.

Life's greatest joy is turning theory into tangible waves.

Government should foster innovation, not burden it with red tape.

From silence to symphony, my inventions bridge the gap.

Persistence is the inventor's greatest ally against doubt.

Radio waves carry not just signals, but the soul of humanity.

I once quipped to Edison that my tube would outshine his bulb.

Aging inventors reflect: was it worth the lawsuits? Absolutely.

The future of sound lies in synchronization with light.